The Manitoba Moose, who stand in fourth place at 72 points, will face the Griffins in a two-game series at Winnipeg, Friday and Sunday. They mark the final two games against Manitoba this season.

Kristian-Tollefsen, a 25-year old defenseman from Norway who was traded last month from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Detroit Red Wings, broke the 2-2 deadlock when he blasted a shot past Americans goalie Alexander Salak.Jeremy Williams and Justin Abdelkader provided the assists on the Griffins’ game-winning goal.

The Griffins got the scoring started when Abdelkader notched his 20th goal of the season, which came shorthanded, on an assist from Brad May with 10:14 to play in the first period.

Rochester (38-28-2-0) got a goal from Victor Oreskovich to tie the game at 1-1 with 2:27 left in the period, and the Americans went up 2-1 with 3:10 to go in the second period on Michael Caruso’s goal.

Jakub Kindl and Jamie Tardif fed Abdelkader for his ninth goal of the year, which came on a power play with 50 seconds to go in the second. The game stayed tied at 2-2 until Kristian-Tollefsen’s long shot broke the tie.